# mikechambers/as3corelib

An ActionScript 3 Library that contains a number of classes and utilities for working with ActionScript? 3. These include classes for MD5 and SHA 1 hashing, Image encoders, and JSON serialization as well as general String, Number and Date APIs.

Repository: https://github.com/mikechambers/as3corelib
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/as3corelib
Language: ActionScript
License Family: other
Last push: 2024-08-18T20:22:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5880, "days_push": 745, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1504, forks 453 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:54.777577+00:00)

## What it is
as3corelib is an ActionScript 3 utility library originally from Adobe, providing MD5 and SHA-1 hashing, image encoders, JSON serialization, and extended String, Number, and Date APIs. It was a standard helper library for Flash/Flex development in the late 2000s.

## Use cases
- hash strings with md5 or sha1 in actionscript
- encode images to png or jpeg in flash
- serialize and deserialize json in actionscript 3
- extend string number and date handling in as3
- legacy flash project utility classes

## When to choose
- you are maintaining a legacy Flash or Flex ActionScript 3 codebase
- you need battle-tested AS3 hashing, JSON, or image encoding utilities

## When to avoid
- you are starting a new project - Flash and ActionScript are end-of-life
- you need modern security standards - MD5 and SHA-1 are cryptographically weak
- you need actively maintained software with a clear license file

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: serialization, cryptography, image-processing, json
- domain: developer-tools, web-development, programming-languages
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: actionscript, flash, hashing, md5, sha1, legacy

## Member repositories
- mikechambers/as3corelib (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:54.777577+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:32:45.954805+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mikechambers/as3corelib (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:54.777577+00:00, sha d2085963bde4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.